THE Edwardian Govanhill Baths in Glasgow is among the buildings for community facilities to receive a grant for refurbishment.

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Tom Ross

Glasgow's Govanhill Baths

FIVE projects to restore and reuse historic buildings across Scotland for community facilities have been given £1.7 million in funding.

The Edwardian Govanhill Baths in Glasgow is among one of the schemes to receive a grant for a refurbishment, with the aim of creating three pools, a steamie and Turkish Baths suite.

It was awarded £500,000 in the investment from heritage body Historic Environment Scotland.

The Old Achintore School in Fort William will get £269,750 to allow the building to be revamped to act as a civic centre for the town, and offices for Highland Council staff.

Others include a £500,000 boost to the former Dumbarton Academy, which on completion will be used as the new West Dunbartonshire Council headquarters to house more than 500 council staff.

The former Davidson Cottage Hospital in Girvan, South Ayrshire, will receive almost £67,000 to repair the 1920s B-listed building for conversion to an enterprise centre for business space, childcare facilities, and office accommodation.

Tom Ross

Govanhill Baths

Finally, the former British Linen Bank in the Gorbals area of Glasgow will use £345,000 in its restoration as part of a wider scheme to regenerate the surrounding area and provide additional social housing units.

Jane Ryder, chairwoman of of Historic Environment Scotland, said: "As the new lead body in Scotland's historic environment, one of our key drivers is to facilitate and enable others to help protect the country's built heritage.

"These five grant recipients are a fine example of that collaboration working in practice, where the building owners are drawing on finance and expertise from us, as well as working with partners - which usually include local authorities, community groups, and other investment bodies - in order to bring these important historic buildings back into reuse.

"The scheme isn't just about repairing old buildings which have fallen into disrepair though: the end use of each of these projects is something which will greatly benefit the communities living around it.

"Not only directly by using the buildings for their new purpose, whether that be leisure, business, education or the arts, but by the impact which high-quality conservation and restoration works can have in the regeneration of an area."

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